Distinguished investigate testify journalists in russia, cofounders of authors of the red web previously a history of russia razz internet and governance of the internet and then also the excellent book the new noblity which is looking at Russian Security services. So, this i guess is the third part of the trilogy. And were so excited that youre here with us today. I think just a couple of issues. One is we are filming this, so just a note to the audience, as you engage and ask questions, well ask you to identify yourself, and everything here is on the record in terms of the discussion. And then, two, just in terms of formality, well start off with some general questions ill ask or coauthors and then segment into more of a q a format and there are copies of the book available here which irina and andrei will happily sign for you. So welcome back. Welcome to new york. I feel like this is the scene for so much of what is going on, irina can talk but what motivated you to write this book
Lose you. Lose. Good. Youre good go the. Second time in office has been a series of corruption scandals ministers to something. Done nothing to you then why not because you know none of health care in the country is going to give us i helped get me one of the big 4 in 10 years the last night and i understand that somehow sometimes that just because me and. My name is john allen im a kenyan investigative journalist based in nairobi and im the cofounder of afrikaans and said afrikaans and said is an. Investigative and indepth journalism collective our goal is to show africa as it really is the good the bad the ugly the potential. In kenya unfortunately for many years and i think even before donald trump sort of like popularized the phrase fake news that government has been involved in the business of lying to its public. The challenge of being able to find the truth in this country is that everything is politicized in this way our politics has interfered with even the simplest of things
But one thing actually worked. As the russians smuggled their books to the west, these books have a tremendous effect on Public Opinion here. One thing that worked was books. Hollands daughter and 2 was, that is the challenge. What happens now, a completely different situation because you have the borders of them. People move freely out of the county and into the county, we have a new phenomenon in washington and london and the european capitals. Aspiring to have a say in the politics towards russia. It makes a lot of americans very uncomfortable because it actually produces a reaction so this is something in addition to the books, this is a new situation we have here. With these individuals and organizations, very much inspired by the previous examples and experiences of stalin and soviet intelligence. One of the fascinating things about the book is a lot of the action and a lot of the network and intrigue takes place in our very city. You undertook some research when you were here la
Columbia university, and it is a great pleasure to welcome back our guests, coauthors irina boar began and andre sold to have who will be talking about this book just out called the compatriots. Irina and andrei are cofounders of [inaudible] authors of the red web previously, a history of russias internet, governance of the internet, and then also the excellent book the new nobility, which was on looking at Russian Security services. So this, i guess, is the third part of the trilogy [laughter] and were, were so excited that youre, that youre here with us today. The i think just a couple of issues. One is we are filming this, so just a note to the audience as you engage and ask your questions, well can can you to identify yourself well ask you to identify yourself, and everything here is on the record in terms of the discussion. And then the, two, just in terms of format well start off with some general questions that ill ask our cono, sir, and then well segment coauthors and then well
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